Rattle Off Your Music DVDs

[Jason Brown]

Out of all my DVDs I have 5 movies. The rest are music. There aren't too many movies I'd watch over and over, but music's a different matter.

My favorite DVD (and movie) is Pink Floyd's The Wall. My favorite concert DVD is Dream Theater's "Metropolis 2000-Live Scenes from New York" followed closely by Spock's Beard's "Dont Try This at Home". Here are the others:

The Black Sabbath Story vols. 1 and 2
Cream Farewell Concert
Fates Warning Live at the Dynamo
David Gilmour in Concert
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock, Band of Gypsys, Live at the Isle of Wight, Wild Blue Angel
Iron Maiden - Raising Hell (quality sucks - stay away)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
Ozric Tentacles Live at the Pongmaster's Ball
RATM - The Battle of Mexico City
Rush - Chronicles
Joe Satriani Live in San Francisco
The Smashing Pumpkins - Viewphoria
U2 Live form Boston
Stevie Ray Vaughan -Live at the El Mocambo, Live from Austin Texas
Roger Waters - In the Flesh
Yes - Keys to Ascension

I've also got an Armored Saint and another Fates Warning on the way.

So...whatchu got?

[AKA]

America: A Tribute To Heroes
Ben Folds Five - Complete Sessions At West 54th
Come Together: A Night For John Lennon's Words And Music
The Concert For New York City
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Some Truth: The Making Of John Lennon's "Imagine"
Billy Joel - Live At Yankee Stadium
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume III: The Video
Billy Joel - The Essential Video Collection
Paul McCartney - Back In The U.S.
Paul McCartney - Live At The Cavern Club
Paul McCartney - Wingspan: Hits & History
Pearl Jam - Single Video Theory
Pearl Jam - Touring Band 2000
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Playback
Bruce Springsteen - The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live In New York City

Pretty soon I'll have The Beatles Anthology and The Police - Every Breath You Take: The DVD. I've also been meaning to check out Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' "Live At The Fillmore."

[Jamie Tate]

All the Yes discs
All the Billy Joel discs
All the Beatles discs
The King Crimson disc
All the John Lennon discs
All the Paul McCartney discs
Neil Finn
Beethoven 6th Symphony
Spinal Tap :)
Jellyfish (DVD-R)
Trevor Rabin (DVD-R)
Yes boots (DVD-R)
Ed Sullivan Box Set
Ed Sullivan Beatles discs
Hullabaloo

More but I'm tired....

[Chris R]

Beach Boys - Endless Harmony (excellent 5.1 surround sound bonus track mixes. I particularly like "Sail On Sailor".)
Beatles - AHDN - recent 5.1 fiasco :rolleyes:
Beatles - Yellow Sub
Rutles - All You Need Is Cash :laugh:
Band - The Last Waltz
Diana Krall - Live In Paris
Midnight Oil - 20000 Watts R.S.L. - The Midnight Oil Collection
contains all the videos remastered and some good live concert footage as well
This Is Spinal Tap
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Rolling Stones - recent L.A. benefit concert :D
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
U2 - Elevation 2001 - Live In Boston

Guys And Dolls - Does that count? It's a musical. It's Frank. It's remastered in wide screen with the musical numbers in surround sound.

BTW, Christopher Guest (Nigel Tufnel in Spinal Tap)'s new music mockumentary movie is finished. It is based on the other parody musical group that Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer have, "The Folksmen". Anybody remember their skit in 1985 on SNL? It was hilarious. I can't wait to see the movie. Oh, it's called "The Mighty Wind", scheduled for release this spring.

Here is an encyclopedic entry from a Spinal Tap fan Web site.

Folksmen, The: Aging folk band reminiscent of the Kingston Trio that was scheduled to open for Spinal Tap during the 1992 Royal Albert Hall show. Instead, they played a nearby Tube stop for change because roadies feared the energetic heavy metal crowd would tear them to pieces. Four years later, according to the Tap Web page, the group signed a four-month lease on a 1994 Chrysler minivan in anticipation of Tap’s never-realized 1996 Third World Tour. Rumor had it the trio might put out a CD. From the Web page: "Perhaps best known, if at all, for their 1962 Top 70 hit ‘Old Joe’s Place,’ the Folksmen have earned a lasting place in folk music history as the group too popular to be purist and too purist to be popular. Jerry Palter, Alan Barrows and Mark Shubb met as freshmen at Ohio Wesleyan and over the next 26 months played and sang their own brand of ‘eclectified folk’ music. Recently reunited after more than two decades, they are again becoming a popular late addition to folk festivals within a day’s auto travel of their homes."

Michael McKean plays Jerry Palter.
Christopher Guest is Allan Barrows.
Harry Shearer is Mark Shubb.

[Rick Deschaine]

I have the Following music DVDs

The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (Criterion)
Gimme Shelter (Criterion)
The Last Waltz
Open Road - The Cowboy Junkies
Moulin Rouge
The Best of the Blues Brothers
The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-2000 - Greatest Hits Video Collection
20,000 Watt R.S.L - The Midnight Oil Collection
Man in the Sand - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Transcendental Blues Live - Steve Earle & the Dukes
Deep Blues - A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads
School House Rocks
The Battle of Mexico City - Rage Against the Machine
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
Wild Blue Angel - Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight Festival
The Five Heartbeats
Almost Famous
Jeff Buckley Live in Chicago
Zoom - Electric Light Orchestra
Elevation 2002 - U2 Live From Boston
U2 the Best of 1990 -2000
The Filth and the Fury - Sex Pistols
Render - Ani DiFranco
Johnny Cash - The Anthology
No Borders Canto - Los Super Seven
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Immortal Beloved
Amadeus
Gumboots
Topsy Turvy
American Roots Music
Genghis Blues
The Best of Sessions at West 54th Street - Vol. 1
The Best of Sessions at West 54th Street - Vol. 2
John Prine - Live From Sessions at West 54th Street
Keb 'Mo - Live From Sessions at West 54th Street
Gospel - Rythm of the Heart
Bruce Springsteen - The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
Purple Rain
We Will Rock You - Queen
Piano Grand - A Smithsonian Celebration
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Live in Japan
Don't Look Back - Bob Dylan
Mance Lipscomb & Lightnin' Hopkins
Grateful Dawg
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Buena Vista Social Club
Natalie Merchant - Live in Concert NYC June 12, 1999
Stevie ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live From Austin TX
The Doors - Collectors Edition
Water From the Well - The Chieftains
High Grass Dogs - Tom Petty Live From the Fillmore
Silver & Gold - Neil Young
Down From the Mountain
Bittersweet Motel - Phish
Yellow Submarine
Streets of Fire
Watershed - Indigo Girls
The Red Violin
Sarah McLachlan the Video Collection 1989-1998
Deja Vrooom - King Crimson

Not only did I include music videos but also Movies with a distinct Music theme like Moulin Rouge, Topsy Turvy and Almost Famous.

Enjoy, Rick

[teaser5]

Hey Rick:
I'm coming over to your house to watch some DVD's man! That's some collection. Say: Do you love that Jeff Buckley "Live In Chicago" as much as I do? I have played that for a number of people who have never heard of him and their jaws always drop. Such a shame about him. What a talent.

Peace
Norm

[Ken_McAlinden]

From memory - I know I'm missing some:

DVDs

Band - The Last Waltz
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Beatles - A Hard Days Night (Miramax Version)
Beatles - Help!
Jeff Buckley Live in Chicago
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection
George Clinton & the P-Funk All-stars - Live at the House of Blues
Echo and the Bunnymen - Live in Liverpool
Neil Finn - 7 Worlds Collide
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
Sarah McLachlan - Mirrorball
Sarah McLachlan - Video Collection
Metallica - Cunning Stunts
Metallica - S&M
Pink Floyd - The Wall
R.E.M. - Road Movie
R.E.M. - Pop Screen
Rolling Stones Bridges to babylon
Rolling Stones at the Max
Rutles - All You Need is Cash
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday - A Musical Celebration*
Sex Pistols - The Filth & the Fury
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Live in NYC
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics Boxed Set
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theater
This is Spinal Tap (Criterion)
The Who - 30 Years of Maximum R&B
The Who - Live at the Royal Albert Hall


Laserdiscs

Beatles Anthology
Morrissey - Hulmerist/The Malady Lingers On
Morrissey - Live in Dallas
R.E.M. - Tourfilm
R.E.M. - Parallel
R.E.M. - This Film is On
Schoolhouse Rock - (2 discs with Grammar/History/Multiplication/Science)
Three Tenors (LA Concert)

* = Most watched

I have lots of traditional movie musicals in both formats as well. Not to mention stuff that is only on VHS like Tom Waits Big Time, R.E.M. Succumbs, The Pogues Live at the Town and Country...

Regards,

[-=Rudy=-]

Not many on DVD--but plenty on Laser.

DVD is limited to:

Metallica--S&M
Ozzy--Live and Loud
Classic Albums: U2/Joshua Tree
Classic Albums: Phil Collins/Face Value
Classic Albums: Steely Dan/Aja
Classic Albums: The Who/Who's Next
Steely Dan: Two Against Nature (from the TV concert)

I don't get into the live concert videos as much as I used to. I'm more into biographies these days.

Will have to get my Laser list up here one of these days. Hey, I even have that Olivia Newton-John LD from "Physical". Need my eye candy. :D I have a few of those 8" LDs, and I even have one of those "video single" video CDs that has Donald Fagen's "New Frontier" on the laserdisc track.

[Chris R]

Originally posted by Ken_McAlinden
From memory - I know I'm missing some:

DVDs

Echo and the Bunnymen - Live in Liverpool
Neil Finn - 7 Worlds Collide
This I Spinal Tap (Criterion)
Regards,
Ken, I thought Echo Live In Liverpool was only a U.K. release, region 2. One of my DVD players is all-regions so it's not issue for me. BTW, how is it? I love the CD.

Looking at Ken's list I forgot to mention that I also have the Neil Finn - 7 Worlds DVD. Also my Spinal Tap is the recent issue, not the Criterion.

[Ken_McAlinden]

Originally posted by miike

Ken, I thought Echo Live In Liverpool was only a U.K. release, region 2. One of my DVD players is all-regions so it's not issue for me. BTW, how is it? I love the CD.
The "Live in Liverpool" DVD is OK (I believe mine is NTSC Region 0), but the DD 5.1 track is defective. I started a thread on it over at the music forum right here (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10587).

Regards,

[reechie]

Hmm, I'm going to miss something, I just know it...

Beatles- A Hard Day's Night (Miramax)
Beatles- Help!
Beatles- First US Visit
Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles- Yellow Submarine
Beatles, et al- Complete Ed Sullivan Shows
Beatles- Fun With The Fab Four/Unauthorized
Beatles- Best Of 1963 (DVD-R)
McCartney- Live At The Cavern Club
McCartney- Wingspan
McCartney- Back In The US
America: A Tribute To Heroes
The Concert For NYC
The Rutles-All You Need Is Cash
Hullabaloo (Three Volumes)
Music Scene (Volume 2, I think...the one with Groucho)
John Fogerty- Premonition
Roy Orbison- A Black And White Night
The Monkees- Head
Michael Nesmith- Elephant Parts (first version)
Michael Nesmith- Live At The Britt Festival
Don't Look Back - Bob Dylan
Beach Boys - Endless Harmony
Beach Boys - The Lost Concert
The Who- Live At The Royal Albert Hall
The Who- Live At The Isle Of Wight
U2 - Elevation 2001 - Live In Boston
This Is Spinal Tap (current version)
The Blues Brothers (movie)
Best Of The Blues Brothers
The Ramones- Rock And Roll High School
The Ramones- Lifestyles Of The Ramones (Brazillian Region 1 DVD)
The Clash- From Here To Eternity
The Go-Go's- Live In Central Park
Carl Perkins & Friends- Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session
Barenaked Ladies-Barelaked Nadies
The Smithereens-Smithereens 10

[vex]

Hmm, I have too many to enumerate (over 100) but let's just say that my music DVD's outnumber my movie DVD's by a wide margin. Some of my favorites include:

Beach Boys - Endless Harmony (excellent document)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (natch)
The Who - Tommy (superbit!)
ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition (spectacular concert performance)
Bill Bruford's Eartworks - Footloose in NYC (a must see/hear, phenomenal)
Santana - Supernatural (stunning candy for the eyes and ears)
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (totally blew away all expectations)
Moody Blues - Live From the Royal Albert Hall (another stunner that blew me away)
Widespread Panic - Live At Oak Mountain (wow)
Bjork - Greatest Hits Volume 1993-2003 (all the cool videos)

[Rick Deschaine]

Norm,

Come over anytime man! :) But you should see my regular movie DVD collection, somewhere in the neighboorhood of 430-450 or so.

I totally dig that Jeff Buckley DVD. If anyone doesn't have it yet, grab it. Wonderful stuff. Talk about someone who passed before their time. It seems that ran in the family. What a shame. :(

Oh, I also forgot to mention:

Tourfilm - R.E.M.

and on Laserdisc;

Rattle and Hum - U2
Live at the Uptown Lounge - Indigo Girls
Things That go Pump in the Night - Aerosmith


Later, Rick

[Beatlelennon65]

Beatles- Help!, AHDN (new version), Making OF AHDN, MMT, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be, Concert At Budokan 1966, Anthology (dvd-r)
John Lennon- Gimme Some Truth
Eric Clapton- Live in Hyde Park (an absolute mind blower, my favorite music dvd), 24 nights, One More Car, One More Driver,
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Stevie Ray Vaughan- Live At El Mocambo, Live From Austin Texas
Dave Matthews Band Live At Folsom Field (Excellent dvd, although the video editing leaves a lot to be desired at the beginning, it gets better. Killer What Would You Say and All Along The Watchtower).
Phish- Live In Vegas (Good, though could have been better
James Taylor- Live At The Beacon, Pull Over

I need opinions on:
Ben Folds Live at 54th
Joe Satriani Live In San Fransisco
U2 Live In Boston
Widespread Panic Live At Oak Mountain
Tom Petty High Grass Dogs Live At The Fillmore
Which is the best Jimi Hendrix DVD to get?

[Rick Deschaine]

Beatlelennon65,

Unfortunately, I haven't watched the Elevation DVD all the way through yet so can't give a comprehensive review.

However I can vouch for the Tom Petty DVD. Picture quality is so-so but sound is first rate. Thsi was taped during one of Tom Petty's innumerable shows at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium and he's at the top of his game (so are the Heartbreakers). If your a Tom Petty fan a ,must have for your collection.

Side note, you might really like Neil Young's Silver & Gold DVD as well. The sound and picture on that one are both top notch.

[Jason Brown]

Man, you guys are giving me some good ideas of what to get next!

Beatlelennon65,
All of the Hendrix DVDs leave a little to be desired from a visual quality viewpoint, especially "Band of Gypsys", but that one is musically my favorite. I love them all, though. I think Jimi earned his guitar god title.

The Satriani disc is very good both sonically and visually. Satch puts on a great show. If you're in any way a fan already, you won't be disappointed with it.

[Jeff H.]

Here's my list:


Beatles-A Hard Day's Night
Beatles-First U.S. Visit
Beatles-Big Night Out(A Bootleg I bought at a record swap. Features both a 1963 and early 1964 appearences on this British variety show. Decent quality picture and sound)
Beatles-Yellow Submarine
The Blues Brothers
Ken Burns Jazz
The Carpenters-Gold-Greatest Hits
Classic Albums-Steely Dan "Aja"
Classic Albums-Stevie Wonder "Songs In The Key Of Life"
Classic Albums-Sex Pistols "Never Mind The Bollocks It's The Sex Pistols"
Classic Albums-U2 "The Joshua Tree"
Complete Monterey Pop Festival(Criterion Collection)
The Concert For New York City
The Cure-Greatest Hits
Michael Jackson-History Volumes' 1 & 2
Michael Jackson-Dangerous-The Short Films
Janet Jackson-Design Of A Decade
John Lennon-Gimme Some Truth
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly-Live In New Orleans
Paul McCartney-Wingspan
Paul McCartney-Back In The U.S.-2002
Paul McCartney-In The World Tonight
Paul McCartney-Live At The Cavern Club
George Michael-Ladies And Gentlemen The Best Of...
Nine Inch Nails-All That Could Have Been(Excellent concert with a stunningly clear picture and sound. Shot mostly with hand held digital video cams)
Rolling Stones-Gimme Shelter(Criterion, another amazing DVD!!)
Schoolhouse Rock
Bruce Springsteen-The Complete Video Anthology
Steely Dan-Two Against Nature
Ed Sullivan Rock And Roll Classics volume 2
U2-Rattle And Hum
U2-Elevation 2001-Live In Boston
U2-The Best Of-1990-2000
Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble-Live At The El Mocambo
Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble-Live In Austin, Texas
Wham!-The Best Of
The Wiz
Woodstock-The Director's Cut


Laserdiscs:

Beatles-A Hard Day's Night(Criterion)
Beatles-Help(Criterion)
Beatles-Yellow Submarine(1999 Widescreen Version)
Beatles-Anthology
Duran Duran(1983 Video Album)
Duran Duran-Sing Blue Silver
Marvin Gaye-Motown On Showtime
Paul McCartney-Rupert And The Frog Song
Rolling Stones-25X5
3rd Bass-The Cactus Video
The Making Of We Are The World

I think that's it, if I missed any, I tried my best!!!:D :D :D

[Tony Caldwell]

I only have the following on DVD:

Deep Purple "Total Abandon"
Hawkwind "Night of the Hawks"
Hawkwind "The Chronicle of the Black Sword"
James Taylor "Live At The Beacon Theatre"
Jethro Tull "Living with the Past"
King Crimson deja VROOM
Metallica S & M
Queensryche "Operation:LIVEcrime"
The Wall (Pink Floyd)

I like them all, but my favorite might be the Deep Purple disc. Steve Morse is great with Deep Purple. I have always been a fan of Deep Purple and Steve Morse (hey, I even like the 2 albums he did with Kansas), but I never would have thought that they would work so well together.

Tony

[Claviusb]

Tony! Buddy! Where've ya been?

[Tony Caldwell]

Hi!

Man, I have been busy. My wife and I bought a house...moved into house...Wife got sick...Wife had surgery...still unpacking boxes!

I have been lurking again for a couple of days, but I haven't had much time to check in lately.

We are doing fine now. Hopefully things will return to normal soon!

Tony

[monoman]

I'm glad you asked.

Aerosmith-The Making of Pump
The Beatles- A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles- Yellow Subarmine
Cheap Trick- Live in Australia
Cheap Trick- Music for Hangovers
Cheap Trick- Silver
Eric Clapton- Chronicles
Eric Clapton- The Cream of Clapton
Eric Clapton- Unplugged
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Deep Purple-Perihelion
Eagles- Hell Freezes Over
Fleatwood Mac- Rumors
Peter Frampton- Live in Detroit
Greatful Dead- Ticket to New Years
Sammy Hagar- Birthday Bash Tour
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Paul McCartney- Standing Stone
Paul McCartney- Wingspan
Paul McCatney- Get Back
Paul McCartney- Back In the US
Tom Petty- Playback
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Queen- Greatest Video Hits 1
The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones- Live at the Max
Joe Satriani- Live in San Francisco
G3- Live in Concert
The Best of Ringo Starr and his all Star Band
Steely Dan- Aja
Steely Dan- Two Against Nature
Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense
George Thorogood and the Destroyers- Live in 99
Steve Vai- Alien Love Secrets
Van Halen- Video Hits
Van Halen Live; Right Here, Right Now
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn
Roger Waters- In the Flesh-Live
The Who- Whoes Next
Neil Young and Crazy Horse- Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young, Friends and Relatives-Red Rocks Live

I really prefer DTS over Dolby Digital, but these will have to do.

[R. Cat Conrad]

Aaaaargh! Why do I find these threads so late at night! It would be so easy just to say "I've got every video" and let it go at that, but then my nose would grow faster than Michael Jackson's after a visit to his plastic surgeon!

Okay, I'm just going to list my faves and the rarities, okay?

Here goes (DVD, no particular order of preference; I like them all, but see subjective star ratings for rankings based on exceptional performances, historical value and/or quality):

Jimi Hendrix: Blue Wild Angel [****1/4], Live at Woodstock [****1/2], Band of Gypsies, Experience, and the documentary film Jimi Hendrix
Cream: Fresh Live Cream [***3/4]
The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight [****1/2]
Blue Oyster Cult: A Long Day's Night (WS, Lbx) [****]
Alice Cooper: Brutally Live (WS, anamorphic) [****], Prime Cuts (WS, anamorphic) [***]
Bad Company: Merchants of Cool (WS, Lbx) [****1/4]
Procol Harum: Musikladen [***3/4], Live in Copenhagen [***3/4]
Black Sabbath: Rock of the 70's (Paris Theater TV boot, DVD-R), The Black Sabbath Story Vol. 1 (WS, anamorphic) [***1/2]
Humble Pie: The Life and Times of Steve Marriott [***1/2]
Monterey Pop Festival Complete (Criterion) [****]
Wishbone Ash (Classic Rock Productions, Roger Dean cover & original band line-up) [****]
UFO: The Story of UFO (import, lots of prime Michael Schenker fretwork) [****1/2]
Deep Purple: Machine Head (making of), Bombay Calling [***1/2], Australia Live '99 [***3/4]
The Cars: Live (Musikladen) [****]
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird the Movie plus... [****1/4]
Uriah Heep: The Legend Continues [***], Sailing the Sea of Light, Magician's Birthday Party [****]
Dave Brubeck Quartet (Jazz Cool) [***1/4]
Supertramp: The Story So Far [****]
The Living Legends of Rock & Roll (Steppenwolf, Rare Earth, etc.; WS anamorphic) [***1/4]
Focus: Masters from the Vaults series [***3/4]
Rick Derringer & Edgar Winter: Live [***1/4]
Kansas: Drums, Device, Voice [***1/2]
Yes: Symphonic (WS, anamorphic) [***3/4]
Metallica: S&M [***1/2]
Billy Squire: Live in the Dark [***1/2]
Pat Benatar: Live [***1/2]

On Laserdisc (again, no particular order of preference, but see subjective star ratings for exceptional performances and/or quality):

Free: Deidicated to the Memory of Paul Kosoff (Japanese import) [****1/4]
Jimi Hendrix: Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival (Japanese import) [****1/2], Jimi Plays Berkley [****]
Cream: Farewell Concert (complete 83 min. performance, Japanese import) [***1/2]
Pink Floyd: Pompeii [***3/4], London '66-'67 (w/Barrett, Japanese import) [***1/2]
ELP: Pictures In an Exhibition (complete performance, Japanese import) [***3/4]
Yes: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe - An Evening of Yes Music (Japanese import) [****], Keys to Ascension (Japanese import) [***3/4]
Paul Rodgers & Company: Live (Japanese import) [***1/4]
Message of Love: Isle of Wight Festival (Japanese import two disc set, 138 min. with lots of additional footage not on domestic release, including Family, ELP and Taste) [****]
The Who: The Kids are Alright (Japanese import) [****], 30 Years of Maximum R&B [****], and Who's Better Who's Best [***3/4]
Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus [****1/2], 25X5 Continuing Story... [****1/4], Live at the Max [****]
Grand Funk Railroad: The American Band (Japanese import) [***1/2]
Deep Purple: Machine Head Live (Japanese import of Danish concert)

You'll notice that there's not a large difference between "star" ratings because I like all of these discs, and a number not listed which have eluded my memory for the moment, but what I've done is provide incremental nudges up the scale based on several criterion: 1) historical importance, 2) quality of the performances and 3) quality of the transfer to disc (i.e, including whether the release was shot WS and released in anamorphic mode in order to be enhanced for WS televisions).

In all candor, I actually *hate* getting so analytical about rock & roll, which should be FUN, but I knew that in order to provide useful information which others might benefit from I'd need to get a little "anal" about it. Hey, if you ever meet meet me, just don't expect a stiff necked nerd, cuz you'll be real diasappointed my fellow dudes & dudesses! :laugh:

Anyway, I hope that this stuff is useful; now it's way past time for me to get some shut-eye. :o Note: This icon is supposed to be "embarassment" but I think it's more reflective of how tired I am at the moment! 'Til tomorrow...

Ciao,
Cat

[cliff barua]

A lot of good collections here .... I've got over 100 myself (a cross-section of many of the titles listed in the thread). My two "prized" titles are A Hard Day's Night (MPI) (out of print, only paid about $22 CDN new for it from the store) and Gimme Shelter (Criterion) (pristine print, great sound in DTS and really good extras).

I noticed some people have listed a few titles on DVD-R. I bought a DVD recorder last year (uses DVD+RW and DVD+R, plays back every format) and have been transferring a lot of my old tapes over the years. I recently transferred Live Aid (original 1985 mono). Thankfully, everything I taped post-1989 is in stereo. I've also transferred video-only (likely never on DVD) titles such as "The Compleat Beatles" (not that great when compared to Anthology but still good IMO). Do many of you tape performances off of shows like SNL, Letterman and Leno?? Again, great one-off performances that may not be repeated on TV again (though SNL is re-run quite a bit on Comedy Central). The Paul Simon-George Harrison performance from 1976 is re-run quite a bit.

DirecTV also has good free concerts (they've got Rush from 1989 this month). And Trio has a few too (thanks to whoever reminded us about the Elton John concert a couple of weeks ago).

Hope I haven't crossed any lines here about "home taping". OK, gotta go save up for Anthology. And perhaps Let It Be by the end of the year??

Cliff

[cliff barua]

I've re-read my post and I hope it doesn't look like a "trade request" type post (I barely have enough time to tape my own stuff!!). I just want to know if people collect these other "impossible to buy" performances (which just involve switching on the TV and popping in a tape, as opposed to waiting for that elusive release date - like we've done for Anthology).

Cliff

[jeff e.]

An interesting one I picked up recently is Bjork's Greatest Hits. It's about an hour long and contains a nice selection of her videos. It's in a normal jewel case with a sticker on the front and is promo-only. Found it at a used CD outlet for $6.99 and it seems to be trading on eBay in the $50-$60 range.